"It’s not like he has no experience as a suit running a successful hockey program. He was executive director of Team Canada in 2002 when Canada won gold in the men’s hockey competition at the Salt Lake City Olympics, and stayed in that role for several years," writes the Star's Damien Cox.

It's easy to see why fans latched on to the Gretzky rumours. He is, after all, hockey's biggest legend and Toronto media would probably find him a bit easier to talk to than the notoriously prickly Brian Burke. But let's just chalk this one up to Leafs fans desperate for good news about their team.